Internment - a security measure designed to neutralize threats from an enemy party - is common in warfare. In the context of internment operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and of increasing international military intervention in internal conflicts more generally, the legal framework for internment has been widely criticized for being, at best, ambiguous and full of loopholes, and, at worst, out-dated and inadequate. In light of such criticism, this book examines the continued relevance and adequacy of the existing legal framework,...